Why your tweet about how people are voting in the UK election might be illegal

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UK election law wasn’t drafted to take Twitter or Facebook into account. The legislation is hot on how the media should handle reporting on election day – basically, keep quiet about it until the polls are closed – but, as the cliche runs, we’re all publishers now on social media. That’s no problem if you just want to say how you personally voted. The Electoral Commission, which is responsible for supervising and implementing the regulations, told me: A voter may volunteer information about who they voted for, provided no undue influence is exerted on them to do so. There is no…

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